Seated colon figure · D. R. Congo, Bembe · ID: 3032288
Description
light brown wood, blackened in parts, scarification marks on the body, the eyes inset with white glass beads, crypto fetish, min. dam., minor missing parts, cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
usually there are European pieces of dress and indifferent facial traits typical for the prevailing local style. A figure resembling a European because it is equipped with a sun helmet, a uniform, a tie, a wrist watch or similar items may just as well represent an African. Africans dressed in European style can be shown as early as the time of Louis XIV when the ambassador of the King of Ardra was received in the Tuileries.
The object Seated colon figure with the object ID 3032288 was part of the auction 68th tribal art auction on March 3, 2012. The object with the lot number 207 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200 with an asking price of EUR 1,000.
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Comparing literature
Kecskési, Maria, Kunst aus Afrika, München, London, New York 1999, ill. 143